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adzuki

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.45 in modern English

Syllables
adzu-ki
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Either the plant or the seed of the azuki bean.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 小豆(あずき) (azuki, literally “small bean”). In Japanese, it was historically pronounced /aduki/, but /du/ eventually transformed into /zu/, and was variously romanized as "dzu" and "zu" (compare kudzu).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

adzukis (plural) azuki (alternative)

Synonyms

azuki adzuki bean azuki bean

Questions

What does adzuki mean?
Either the plant or the seed of the azuki bean.
Where does adzuki come from?
It is traced to Japanese.

How to pronounce adzuki

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